1955 Donalsonville Indians Roster
Team Record: 47-73
Finished 6th in the AAL
Manager: Charley Grant (47-73)
Location: Donalsonville, Georgia
Ballpark: Gibson Field
Attendance: 24,196, Avg. 403
The Donalsonville Indians of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1955 season with a record of 47 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the AAL.
The Indians plated 686 runs and conceded 857 runs, most in the circuit. Charley Grant led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .329 average. David Evans topped Donalsonville with 7 wins, while Bill Phelan recorded a 4.71 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jack Smith played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Donalsonville Indians to do so.
Charley Grant served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Adam | R | R | August 8, 1935 | 5'10" | 155 | West Reading, PA US |
| Harold Adams | R | 6'0" | 165 | |||
| Al Blaustein | February 3, 1936 | |||||
| Edward Bolch | L | 6'4" | 220 | |||
| Louis Bosse | R | R | December 6, 1934 | 5'10" | 175 | |
| Jay Bradberry | R | R | July 24, 1931 | 6'2" | 205 | |
| Jerry Brehm | ||||||
| Dan Bumstead | L | L | 6'2" | 165 | ||
| Robert Campbell | December 13, 1935 | 193 | Turley, OK US | |||
| Ralph Carpenter | R | 6'0" | 180 | |||
| Connie Croft | ||||||
| David Crowe | ||||||
| Frank Crowe | ||||||
| Harold Dennis | ||||||
| David Evans | ||||||
| Thomas Ford | ||||||
| Harvey Frankel | ||||||
| Shelly Friedland | ||||||
| Ray Giannelli | R | 5'10" | 170 | |||
| Charley Grant | R | R | March 22, 1921 | 6'1" | 188 | Graceville, FL US |
| Robert Henry | S | L | January 15, 1936 | 6'4" | 198 | |
| Ernest Henson | ||||||
| Hutchminek | ||||||
| Dale Kingma | L | R | February 22, 1935 | 6'3" | 206 | Lansing, IL US |
| James Lampley | ||||||
| Curtis Land | R | R | 6'3" | 195 | ||
| William Lappen | L | L | 6'0" | 165 | ||
| Edward Lenartowicz | ||||||
| James Luck | R | |||||
| Mansfield | ||||||
| Jack Maxey | December 4, 1933 | |||||
| Dave McGarr | ||||||
| Clark Mixon | L | R | February 10, 1935 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Ronald Niedzwieski | L | 6'2" | 200 | |||
| Bill Owen | July 9, 1929 | Meriwether County, GA US | ||||
| Mahlon Paulk | July 26, 1933 | Montgomery County, AL US | ||||
| Paxton | ||||||
| Pender | ||||||
| Tony Perrotta | February 15, 1933 | 193 | Boston, MA US | |||
| Duane Peters | ||||||
| Bill Phelan | February 2, 1934 | 193 | Washington, DC US | |||
| Charles Raich | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| William Rector | R | 5'11" | 180 | |||
| James Scott | L | 6'0" | 190 | |||
| Thomas Shirley | ||||||
| Howard Shulman | R | February 5, 1933 | 6'2" | 190 | ||
| Jack Smith | R | R | November 15, 1935 | 6'0" | 185 | Pikeville, KY US |
| Stanley Smith | ||||||
| Sam Strassfield | ||||||
| Ervin Symank | R | 5'8" | 155 | |||
| Gordon Tanner | L | 6'1" | 175 | |||
| James Williams | R | R | 6'0" | |||
| Sonny Wilson | ||||||
| James Zickel | R | L | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Paul Zinser | R | July 26, 1935 | 6'1" | 170 | New Orleans, LA US |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
